-LRB- EW.com -RRB- -- Pick a box-office record and `` The Avengers '' has probably broken it .

Biggest opening weekend of all time ? Check . Biggest Saturday gross of all time ? Check . Most popular movie released this year featuring intense archery scenes ? -LRB- Sorry , `` Hunger Games . '' -RRB- Highest-grossing superhero movie ever ? Not yet , but consider this a warning : `` Dark Knight , '' your days are numbered .

But as we all know , the most important thing about `` The Avengers '' is undoubtedly its role in the brilliant career of one Samuel Leroy Jackson . Back in October , the Guinness Book of World Records named Jackson the highest-grossing actor in the history of movies -- the result of Jackson 's insane four-films-per-year work ethic , his willingness to take supporting roles in mega-productions , and what we can only assume is a tremendous sense of humor .

Now that `` Avengers '' looks set to make a billion dollars before the end of this sentence , the question becomes : Can anyone ever outgross Jackson ?

After his cameo in `` Iron Man , '' the actor signed a nine-film commitment with Marvel , which means we can expect him to pop up in the next cycle of Avenger movies . -LRB- Easy money says that he has a brief appearance in `` Iron Man 3 '' and a bigger role in `` Cap 2 . '' Hard to see how he fits into `` Thor 2 , '' unless it turns out he 's the human incarnation of Odin , which would be cool . -RRB- Even if phase 2 of Marvel 's mad-scientist movie plan is n't as successful as phase 1 -- heck , even if `` Avengers 2 '' makes half of what `` Avengers '' has made in two weeks of global release -- Jackson looks likely to achieve a career global tally of $ 10 billion . By comparison , Tom Cruise has only grossed $ 7 billion . And Tom Cruise does n't get invited to devour the scenery in Quentin Tarantino movies .

In short , that eyepatch might turn out to be the single most lucrative prop in movie history . If you could wear that eyepatch and Dorothy 's ruby slippers and Audrey Hepburn 's `` Breakfast at Tiffany 's '' dress while riding Rosebud the Sled and swinging Luke Skywalker 's lightsaber ... well , you 'd be a real weirdo , but at least you 'd be wearing a totally sweet eyepatch .

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In October , the Guinness Book of World Records named Samuel L. Jackson the highest-grossing actor

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The actor signed a nine-film commitment with Marvel

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Jackson looks likely to achieve a career global tally of $ 10 billion